The Classic Sale at the Warwickshire Event Centre 2024

44 The Classic Sale at the Warwickshire Event Centre 2024 Cars iconicauctioneers.com • Launched in 1962, the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III and its Bentley S3 equivalent employed the 6.2-litre V8 engine introduced on the ‘Cloud II/S2 - though with larger carburettors, new distributor and raised compression ratio • From the last year of production, this impressive Cloud III is finished in Silver Mink over Garnet with a classic RR interior in soft grey hides complemented by figured Walnut on the dashboard, door cappings, rear picnic tables and vanity mirror surrounds •Originally supplied new by Jack Barclays and some years later was exported to the United States. The car was subsequently reimported by our vendor in 2016 and has been carefully recommissioned during his ownership •We understand that it continues to run well and is supplied with its handbooks, some recent invoices, its V5C and the current MOT • This magnificent Cloud III is ready once again to discretely whisk its lucky owners and their guests in amazing comfort to their destination and to arrive in the style normally reserved for what was, at the time, ‘The Best Car in the World’ Understated and discrete they may be but this attractively hued Cloud III certainly makes a statement. Seller Rating: 81 / 135 «««¶¶ Registration: HVK 481C Chassis No.: SJR163 Estimate: £28,000 - £32,000 Specialist: Gary Dunne Telephone No: 07740 946796 Lot 972 1965 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III • Introduced in 1965 as a replacement for the much-loved but ageing Silver Cloud III, the Rolls- Royce Silver Shadow was a landmark vehicle in the company’s history • It offered a stylish and more practical alternative to the Silver Cloud it replaced and with unibody construction, hydraulically-actuated four- wheel disc brakes and four-wheel independent suspension, it was infinitely more modern and appealing to the new class of owner-driver • Powered by Rolls’ venerable 6.75-litre V8 producing 220bhp and offering 0-60mph in 10.6 seconds and 116mph • First registered in 1970, this Shadow I appears to have undergone a restoration at some point its life • It’s finished in Tudor Grey with twin gold coachlines and a Black Everflex roof over a St James Red leather interior with matching door cards, carpets and black top-roll punctuated by Burr Walnut trim •Supplied with invoices from Rolls-Royce specialists and its Rolls-Royce supplement handbook • The Silver Shadow is rightly coming of age as an eminently drivable car with stylish good looks and regal road presence. An attractive example of Crewe’s first-generation Shadow in a very stylish colour combination. Seller Rating: 86 / 135 «««¶¶ Registration: ENY 915J Chassis No.: SRH8621 Estimate: £10,000 - £12,000 Specialist: Stacey Williams Telephone No: 07472 250306 Lot 973 1970 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow I More Details Lot 972 Bid On Lot 972 More Details Lot 973 Bid On Lot 973